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Board deadlocks on Grounds Maintenance advertising; motion to reconsider fleet mechanic fails
Summary
After debate and substitute motions, the board failed to approve advertising for Grounds Maintenance (original motion failed after substitute failed) and a motion to reconsider advertising for a fleet mechanic failed, resulting in no hires that evening.
The board considered multiple motions Feb. 11 about advertising for grounds maintenance and a fleet mechanic but did not authorize hiring that evening.
Members first voted to suspend the rules to reconsider advertising for Grounds Maintenance; that suspension passed. Gerald Keller then moved to advertise; Patrick Sanders and others debated and a substitute motion from Albert Burl and Keith Jones to advertise with a 10% reduction was offered. The substitute failed (2 yeas, 7 nays, 1 abstention). On the subsequent roll call for the original motion to advertise, the tally was 5 yeas, 4 nays, 1 abstention and 1 absent; that motion failed.
A separate motion to suspend the rules to reconsider advertising for a fleet mechanic failed on a 0–10 vote, and no action was taken on the fleet mechanic advertising that evening.
Board member Albert Burl had earlier asked to be on the record opposing advertisement of contracts until a Chief Financial Officer and Purchasing Director are hired.
What happens next: The board did not authorize advertising for grounds or fleet mechanic positions; the administration may reintroduce the items at a future meeting.
